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Amazon is slowly taking over the world; well the world other than New York City, where they've chosen to reneg on their HQ2 offer due to a few squeaky wheels. but I digress. As far as voice-controlled smart home capabilities, Amazon Alexa continues to d...
Great sound quality for the price and size, Supports stereo pairing for even better sound, Supports a wide range of music streaming services, Simple Sonos app enables music playback in all areas of your home, Built-in microphone and Alexa skill replicates...
Lacks some of the functionality of an Amazon speaker, Sometimes clips the audio response when responding to Alexa commands, Added complexity of multiple systems attempting to work together can lead to frustrating failures...
The Sonos One is a very good-sounding wireless speaker that integrates well with the Sonos ecosystem and also adds the convenience of voice control, thanks to Amazon Alexa integration. The ability to pair two in stereo mode enables sound quality far super...
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You don't need to live in a smart home to benefit from a Wi-Fi-connected smart speaker. Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana, and other digital assistants can help you in dozens of ways, and you don't have to lift a finger to summon them—just speak thei...
Excellent design that looks great in any room, 2.5-inch circular screen is bright, crisp, and doubles as a clock, Camera can be completely disabled, ZigBee smart home hub onboard, Large, vibrant, higher-resolution display, Vastly improved user interface...
Hefty cord somewhat limits where it can be placed, Videos are truncated in full-screen mode, No Z-Wave support, Not the best smart speaker for music, The power plug can be a little tricky to hide, Lack of visual search can be frustrating, Plays catch-up t...
The Echo Spot just might be the perfect smart speaker, with a versatility and fashion-sense that give it a sense of purpose and style.In a two-device race to rule table-top A.I, Google Home bests Amazon Echo in terms of audio quality, microphone range, d...
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The leader in multi-room audio has added smart voice technology to its range, but is it still top of the pops?...
Impressive sound, Versatile multi-room features, Comprehensive streaming integration...
No Bluetooth or wired inputs...
Perfectly formed, great value entry-level smart speaker...
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The connected speaker wars are upon us, and one day they will be detailed in history books for all to remember. But here, now, it can be hard to cut through the various narratives surrounding the options out there and pick a winner. Now that the cards are...
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Amazon's Echo series of smart speakers, powered by the Alexa digital assistant, are amazingly capable devices on their own. You can use them for everything from streaming music to maintaining a shopping list to ordering pizza delivery and more. But Alexa...
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Sonos made multiroom speakers mainstream (in my opinion at least). They have a speaker for every type of room. Late last year they introduced the Sonos One, which was their first smart speaker. They sent over their Sonos One Smart speaker to review. Here...
If you already have Play 1 speakers, you shouldn't be too pressed on getting the One. You can just add an Echo Dot and call it a day. If you're looking to add a smaller speaker to your Sonos multi-room system, I suggest going with the One. Sonos has conti...
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Apple's HomePod at last has a release date — February 9 — after software delays with the smart speaker pushed its reveal back into 2018. But should you buy it? After all, since its release there are a number of other shiny objects waiting in the wings.Tak...
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Alexa and Sonos have had a troubled relationship. Until the tail end of 2017, they weren't talking to each other at all. Now they've not only buried their differences, but also created a love-child: the Sonos One. It's a fantastic sounding speaker, as you...
Sonos and Alexa, in One device. Thanks to the superior sound quality, it's the best Echo device yet – and with Google Assistant support promised soon, it's the One speaker to rule them all...
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The full impact of the home-based voice-actuated assistant, invented first by Amazon in the guise of Alexa, then followed by Google and now Apple with its Siri-driven HomePod, has yet to be felt. The category has loosely evolved into what we are now calli...
Typical Sonos build and sound quality, Alexa voice control...
No Bluetooth, No hi-res audio...
Sonos was slow to deliver a voice-controlled smart speaker, but with integrated Alexa (and Google Assistant arriving soon) in what amounts to a redesigned Play:1, they've created a nearly irresistible, low-cost intro to their wireless ecosystem...
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The Sonos One may be the best smartspeaker you can buy —and with its pricetag and upcoming features, will probably pose a serious threat to Apple's HomePod...
Most people using an existing speaker system —from Sonos or otherwise —should probably just connect an Echo Dot. The One is better than many other mono speakers, but it won't replace any "serious" audio gear on its own. It's also best to steer away from...
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Sonos took the best wireless, multi-room speaker and added Amazon AlexaSonos has long been a leader in wireless, multi-room audio. Arguably prices for their speakers are not on the cheap side, but its products do offer up some incredible audio, are easy t...
The Sonos One is going to get a lot of comparisons to the Echo and Echo Plus from Amazon, which are also cheaper. But the main thing to keep in mind here is that the Sonos One is a great speaker first, and Alexa comes second. While the Echo lineup is more...
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Smart speakers are the latest craze, and it's only just begun. There's a whole new battle going on that you may or may not have realized you're already a part of: smart assistants. What began as a cool new feature on your phone is quickly blossoming into...
Sound quality, Easy to get connected, Microphones do good job at picking up voice...
Convoluted setup process, Bass is a little much, No Spotify/Apple Music voice support at launch...
Though the Sonos One is currently limited to only Alexa, thats sure to change with future updates promising Airplay and Google Assistant compatibility. For now it's an annoying hurdle but once it gets fixed, this could be the speaker to beat...
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While Amazon's Alexa was once available only on Echo devices and Google Assistant was limited to certain Android phones, the popular voice assistants are popping up everywhere now. The Sonos One is one such place you'll find them both. The $199 wireless s...
Multi-room audio with flexible stereo and surround configurations, Powerful sound for its size, Works with Alexa voice control (with support for Google Assistant to come)...
Sound can distort at top volumes, No Bluetooth or wired audio connections...
The Sonos One is a versatile wireless speaker with excellent sound quality, support for multi-room audio, and Amazon Alexa voice control...
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I'm an avid Alexa user. I use Alexa to control my lights, my Dyson, and even my air conditioner. I even miss her when I'm staying at a hotel. But until now I've been using the Amazon Echo Dots and Echo Taps to boss her around. I also have two Sonos PLAY:1...
Superb sound for its size, Alexa works great thanks to a 6 microphone array with noise cancellation Redesigned Sonos app is cleaner and more intuitive to navigate, New touchscreen controls are neat, Support for Siri and Google Assistant is on the way...
Spotify support is not available yet, but it's coming soon, Not all of Alexa's skills are enabled yet but software updates will address this, We would like to see the ability to pair a Sonos One with a PLAY:1 in stereo mode...
The Sonos One represents the next step for Alexa and voice control. To that effect, instead of voice control technology coming first and sonics coming second, the Sonos One offers the perfect marriage of beautiful audio with voice control technologies. An...
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It’s finally happened. The day Sonos fans have been waiting for has arrived, and you can now use Alexa to control your Sonos speakers. Well, mostly. The new Sonos One ($199) sounds as awesome as its other products, and, thanks to Amazon’s voice assistant...
Excellent audio qualit, Comprehensive Sonos ap, Lets you control lots of music source, Can pair more speakers for whole-house audio...
Can’t be used to output TV audi, Can’t initiate some streaming audio using Alex, Spotify integration not yet available...
Even without Alexa, Sonos’ speakers would be great for delivering music into every corner of your house. Not only do they sound awesome, but you can customize their audio profiles to whatever room they’re in, and you can stream music from dozens of source...
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Wireless speaker company Sonos recently debuted voice support in two forms: pairing its speakers with an Amazon Alexa-enabled device like an Echo or Dot, and with Sonos's first voice-enabled speaker, the Sonos One. The new, voice-enabled Sonos One resembl...
Great sound, super easytouse, stellar price point, voice control...
Apple Music can't be started with voice control, no Siri support...
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When Sonos released the Play:5 speaker in late 2015, the Amazon Echo was still an unproven tech curiosity. But since then, Alexa and the Echo have grown rapidly in both popularity and...
Excellent audio quality for the price, First Sonos to let you control your music with your voice, Attractive, inconspicuous design, Works with just about every music service you can use, Alexa integrations works almost exactly the same here as on the Echo...
Voice commands only have full functionality with a few music services, Spotify voice commands not available at launch (but coming later this year), Voice commands are sometimes a little buggy, Setup process is a bit complicated...
The Play:1 has been Sonos' best-selling speaker, and with good reason. It offers significantly better music quality than your average Bluetooth or smart speaker, at a reasonable price. It's also a great first step into a multi-speaker setup for your home...
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The best way to stream music wirelessly in your home is getting smarter, but still has plenty of room to learn.Sonos is one of those products that's simultaneously extremely complex yet blissfully simple. Or let's put it another way: It's a complex produc...
As a speaker, Sonos One is pretty great. And it should be — it's basically a Play:1, which is where I'd point anyone looking to get into that ecosystem.There's lots of potential here, but it'll take time for that to play out.As a smart speaker, Sonos One...
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The Sonos One is what I'd call an inevitable product. Sonos has always made speakers that sound excellent, and if you own more than one, the company's multi-room wireless audio system can fill your entire home or apartment with that top-notch sound. Sonos...
Excellent audio quality, Good voice microphones, Seamless integration with existing Sonos systems, Wide selection of music services to stream from...
Alexa can't play Spotify at launch, Some music services might never support voice, Convoluted setup process...
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The best way to stream music wirelessly in your home is getting smarter, but still has plenty of room to learn.Sonos is one of those products that's simultaneously extremely complex yet blissfully simple. Or let's put it another way: It's a complex produc...
As a speaker, Sonos One is pretty great. And it should be — it's basically a Play:1, which is where I'd point anyone looking to get into that ecosystem.There's lots of potential here, but it'll take time for that to play out.As a smart speaker, Sonos One...
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Earlier in October, Sonos announced its new smart speaker device, called the Sonos One, which will launch On October 24 with support for Amazon's Alexa voice assistant. The Sonos One allows users to control the speaker entirely through voice, providing sm...
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Sonos has multi-room audio down to a science, but it desperately needed a speaker capable of voice recognition if it was to fend off the veritable flood of smart speakers coming to market. The Sonos One is that speaker.It sounds better than the last entry...
Great sound in a compact package, Powerful voice-recognition capabilties, Fantastic Alexa integration, with Google Assistant and Apple AirPlay 2 compatibility promised...
You can't use voice commands to stream music from your own local server, You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80+ streaming services Sonos supports, You can't disable the LED that glows when the mic is on, nor the tone that sounds when yo...
Sonos has even better-sounding speakers in its lineup, but this one sounds great and it lets you control any Sonos speaker with voice commands (and the rest of your smart home, too)...
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Sonos has multi-room audio down to a science, but it desperately needed a speaker capable of voice recognition if it was to fend off the veritable flood of smart speakers coming to market. The Sonos One is that speaker. It sounds better than the last ent...
Great sound in a compact package, Powerful voicerecognition capabilties, Fantastic Alexa integration, with Google Assistant and Apple AirPlay 2 compatibility promised...
You can't use voice commands to stream music from your own local server, You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80streaming services Sonos supports, You can't disable the LED that glows when the mic is on, nor the tone that sounds when you...
Unless you find the drawbacks I've described to be deal breakers, the Sonos One is a no brainer. That goes double for anyone who already owns Sonos components, and triple for Amazon Echo users. We'll have to wait and see if Sonos executes as expertly with...
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Smart speakers are big business now, and with Amazon's Echo and Google's Home dominating the market, Sonos had a choice: step up or slip behind. The Sonos One shows the connected speaker stalwart chose to play the game, and not just with one virtual assis...
Fits smoothly into an existing Sonos system, Assistant-agnostic means you won't be locked in, Sound quality belies the size and price, Controlling whole-home music by voice is transformational, All the usual Alexa skills...
Some configuration stumbles, An Echo Dot is cheaper, No Spotify voice control yet...
Viewed in isolation, the Sonos One is a great little music player. Aesthetically pleasing, it sounds, quite honestly, far better than a $199 speaker has any right to. It slips right into a larger Sonos installation with barely a ripple: ease of use, after...
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With the introduction of voice controlled speakers like Amazon Echo, Google Home, and the forthcoming HomePod, speaker company Sonos went from being a leader in offering the most cutting-edge speaker features to lacking a component that's become par for t...
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Sonos One, the latest Sonos wireless speake r, matches the hi-fi audio of its predecessor, the Play:1, while adding a six far-field microphone array for built-in voice control using Amazon Alexa. All for the same $199 price.Using a wireless speaker with...
The good news is Sonos is taking a remarkably open approach to the category by supporting any voice assistant and music service willing to participate. And if you're already deep in the Sonos ecosystem, adding Alexa only enables new ways to interact with...
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